Puzzle



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11. E. NELSON.-

. PUZZLE. No. 543,188.

Patented July 23,1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE. 4

HERBERT E. NELSON, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

' PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,188, dated July 231895. v Application filed February 27,1895. Serial No, 539,863- (Model).

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. NELSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which thefollowing isa specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming apart thereof, in which similar numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to puzzles, and the object thereof is to produce asimple, neat, and ornamental device the successful manipulation of whichin a certain manner, or to ac-' complish a certain result, is perplexingand difficult, but may be accomplished by the exercise of patience,skill, and judgment.

In the drawings forming part of thisspecification, Figure 1 representsmy improved puzloop, and the separate ends of each piece or loop arethen united by means of small loops,

as clearly shown in said figure, the union being a perfectly loose andflexible one, so-as to admit of the free movements of the parts in alldirections. Around the connection above described and between theseparate end loops, as shown in Fig. 1, isplaced aring 4, and thesolution of the puzzle consists in removing this ring or replacing it inposition without separating the loops or destroying the elasticity orform thereof.

As usually constructed, the end loops or rings are from three andone-half to four inches in diameter and the central ring 4 from one toone and one-quarter inches in diameter. These dimensions, however, arenot essential, but simply preferred.

In the manipulation of the device to remove the ring 4 the separate orend loops or rings are taken one in each hand in the manner shown inFig. 2, being preferably held by the thumb and forefinger, as shown. Theend loops are then brought down to the position shown in said figure,when the ring 4 will assume the position also indicated therein. Thenext position of the device is that shown in Fig. 3, where, as shown,the left-hand loop or ring is almost entirely held within the hand andthe ring 4 grasped by the thumb and forefinger of said hand and held, asindicated, surrounding a cross formed by the opposite side wires ofeachloop. From this position to that shown in Fig. 4, the last, and fromwhich' the ring 4 is removed, it is carried around the left-hand loop tothe required position.

The operation depends entirely upon the skill and manipulation of theoperator. This result can, however, be reached without an over amount ofexertion, and when once accomplished the process of replacing the ring 4in the original position will be readily apparent. During the entireoperation the position of the right hand isnot changed, it re tainingthroughout. the position shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

Having fully described my invention, I-

claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following:

1. A puzzle, consisting of two pieces of spring wire, each of which iscurved or folded upon itself, forming a double ring or loop, the

separate ends of each piece or loop being united by means of rings orloops formed thereon,and a ring surrounding the said ends at the pointof union, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination, in a puzzle, of two dience of two witnesses,this25th day of February, 1895.

HERBERT E. NELSON.

Witnesses:

PERCY T. GRIFFITH, L. M. MULLER.

